Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-11-11
THE ANARCHISTS.
BeSGECHING THE GOVERNOR TO EX-
ERCISE CLEMENCY.
Efforts to Prove Lingg Insane -Bndeavor
Ing TO Secure Writ OF, Habeas Cor.
pus-Spies willing to Die in BE-
half of the Other Six,


on West Monroe street, found on his front
porch this morning round box three
inches long, one and half inches in circum-
ference, enclosed in a thick covering Of
brown paper, on which was written ;
Don't let any one see you open this. Two
lives are worth more than one. Beware.
the city calls upon you for help. Be care
ful which end you open" The box was
taken to the station house and found to
contain quantity of saturated gun cot
ton. a little later bomb was found on
the back porch of Campbell's home, II
Clarkson court, which contained enollph n
dynamite to blow the house up
.Arguments on the petition OF j. ID.
Kiernan, NJ. D., for the testing of Lngg's
sanity were taken lp by Judge Prender-
CAST of the County Court this afternoon
and the Judge sustained States Attorney
GrlhnellS $ argument that the prisoner was
outside his jurisdiction and refused to in
terfere. 1t was announced the case would
be taken before the Criminal Court to-
morrow.
Attorney Solomon this afternoon OBJ
tanned the signatures of Spies Felden
and Schwab to a petition for a writ of
habeas corpus. The grounds on which
me writ Is asked are that the judgement
OF the supreme Court Is illegal in that it
a.,
stead OF judgments in each case, also that
he defendants should be in court at the
tlme the judgement was rendered. The
petition will be laid before one of the
judges of the Criminal Court tomorrow.
The Hearing Before the Governor.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Nov. 9.-In the hear
ing before Gov Oglesby to-day Senator
Streeter read a petition of the State sena-
biph a of a.
Having finished the reading, Streeter laid
the petition on the table and made few
remarks. He thought in 30 DAYS public
opinion would be so revolutionized the
governor could do nothing else than com
mute the sentence. The senator's re-
marks seemed to have weight with the
governor George Schilling and l.. S.
Oliver carried the petitions in front Of the
governor the latter saying: "These petit
living in Chicago" The executive re-
quested an affidavit to that affect and
Oliver replied: ''It will be presented
later" Mrs. Black spoke few sentences
when the governor interrupted with
Excuse me, madame, but should like
to take care of this case myself"
The pleadings began at 2:15. Bailey and
Campbell of the trade assemblies, William
Orville and Oliver of Chicago. Shelburg
of Detroit, Representative G. G. Dixon of
Chicago, Burapas of the Central Labor
Union of New ork. j. F.. Quinn master
workman, Frank Farrell, representing
division 40 of New York trades assembly,
addressed the governor, followed by G. c.
Schilling, who presented petition from
the union of Chicago, to which two of the
deceased policemen belonged, asking
clemency.
The governor then received the relatives
of the condemned, which lasted up to a
late hour this evening. The governor has
given DO expression rs to his intentions
and it is not likely any decision Will be
gwen. 1t is claimed Grinnell said in a
speech If Spies WAS hanged the law would
be satisfied. letter Spies asks that
the sentence of his comrades be commnted
and he die, thereby satisfying Grinnell's
de uands.
Impertinent Interference OF the English.
LONDON, Nov. "a petition to the gov
ernor of Illinois in behalf of the condemn
ed anarchists j. receiving many signatures.
Among the signers are Rev. Stopford
Brook, Oscar Wilde, Stepuiak, Walter
Besaut and others well known. A largely
attended meeting this evening, resolved
to send cable to the governor, request
ing m to exercise clemency The con-
demned were spoken of AS the noblest
champions of labor of modern times